Powder-keg.



L. B. EATON.

POWDER KEG.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.1,1909.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

w W m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LESLIE B. EATON, OF DUQUOIN, ILLINOIS.

POWDER-KEG.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnsmn B. Enron, a citizen of the United States,residing at Duquoin, county of Perry, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Powder-Kegs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to powder kegs and particularly to spout attachments for pow der kegs.

Powder kegs as furnished by the manufacturers are provided with a discharge opening in one end arranged about two inches from the edge. Secured to the head of the keg is a perforated plate provided with lateral flanges to hold a metal cap thereon, the perforation registering with the discharge opening in the keg. Miners, and others have found it difiicult to fill the cartridges from the kegs without spilling a quantity of the powder and permitting the powder dust to rise when it is in danger of becoming ignited from the miners lamp. To overcome this objection the workmen frequently pierce the head of the keg close to the edge with a pick or other sharp instrument. This has frequently led to disastrous explosions, hence many of the States have passed laws prohibiting the opening of kegs except in the manner prescrlbed by the manufacturer.

The object of my invention is to provide a spout attachment for powder kegs which may be readily placed upon the keg in place of the usual cap, thereby providing means whereby the workmen may readily fill the cartridges without danger of spilling the powder or disseminating the powder dust.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device as mentioned which shall be of simple construction and of low cost to manufacture.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

My invention consists generally in a cap adapted to be placed upon the powder keg above the discharge opening and provided with a spout which extends upwardly and outwardly and equipped with a cap or closure.

My invention further consists in various details of construction and arrangements of parts all as will be fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claim.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 1, 1909.

Serial No. 480,630.

drawings forming a part of this specification and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper end of a powder keg illustrating the cap removed therefrom exposing the discharge opening, and showing the plate to which the cap is attached, Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the attachment embodying my invention in position thereon. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a portion of the keg with the attachment in position, Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the attachment removed from the keg and Fig. 5 is a detailed section on the line wm of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 indicates a powder keg and 2 the head thereof. The head 2 is provided with the usual discharge opening 3 and the plate 4, the edges 5 of which are tapered as shown. The plate 4 is secured to the head 2 and is perforated to coincide with the discharge opening 3. The broad end of the tapered plate 4 is bent up formin a stop 6 for the usual cap, not shown, and its opposite or inner end is provided with a flexible tongue 7 which may be bent up to lock the ea in position. The tapered or converging e ges 5 of the plate t constitute flanges to receive the inturned edges of the cap. This portion of the device is old and in general use and I do not make any claim to the same.

Referring now particularly to Fig. t, which illustrates my invention, 8 indicates a flat tapered metal plate having its converging edges 9 bent under forming the inturned flanges 10 which are adapted to slide beneath the flanged edges 5 of the plate t, the plate 8 being tapered to correspond with the plate 4. Extending upwardly from the plate 8, which is perforated as at 11 is a spout 12 terminating at its upper end in an outwardly projecting tapered nozzle 13. 1 1 indicates a cap 01' closure for the end of the nozzle which is permanently attached to the spout by a flexible member or chain 15 to prevent mislaying the same.

In applying the device to the powder can the cap with which it is provided by the manufacturer is removed and the attachment slipped on in its place after which the tongue 7 is turned up against the smaller end as shown in Fi 2 securely locking the same in position. lt is obvious that the miner or other workman may then readily fill the cartridges from the keg without the danger Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

of losing or dropping any of the powder or disseminating the dust as the nozzle may be inserted within the cartridge. The cap 14 serves to keep the keg tightly closed except when in use.

Owing to the divergence in the sides of plates 4 and 8, they can fit together in but one position, so that if the nozzle 13 is so positioned with reference to said convergence as to project radially when the plate 8 is in position, the nozzle will always project outwardly when in position, thus avoiding mistakes.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to claim by Letters Patent is:

In combination with a powder keg, a per forated tapering plate secured around the discharge opening thereof and having upwardly and outwardly bent divergent securing edges, at the sides thereof and the broadest end thereof being upturned to form a l stop, said plate being so positioned that its widest portion is located adjacent the edge of said keg, a supporting plate having inturned divergent securing edges adapted to slidably engage the up-bent edges of said first mentioned plate, and a spout carried by said supporting plate and having a nozzle projecting in the direction of the divergence of said edges, said supporting plate being shorter than the perforated plate and the smaller end of said perforated plate being adapted to be bent up over the small end of said supporting plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LESLIE B. EATON.

Witnesses CHAs. H. HATFIELD, CHAS. R. DAVIS. 

